Austin Neighborhood Profiles and Homes for Sale

Find your perfect home and discover your Austin lifestyle. Some Austin neighborhoods that you may want to check out include Canyon Creek, Steiner Ranch, River Place, Great Hills, Balcones Woods, Crestview, Allandale, Hyde Park, Brentwood, and Travis Country. Each community has its own charm and gives you access to different areas of the city, so you will always have an adventure waiting for you close to home.

About Austin

A home in Austin, Texas is not just a place to live; it's an opportunity to experience life in the excitement of one of America's most original cities. From the alluring beauty of Austin’s outdoors to its downtown scene, you’ll find a city ripe for discovery and adventure. Austin is a great find, a unique choice, where everything it has to offer makes it a city of great value.

Austin TX homes for sale offer you some of the most value and affordability compared to all other cities in the nation according to Business Week. Austin was selected as the #2 Best Big City in “Best Places to Live” by Money magazine in 2006, and the “Greenest City in America” by MSN.

Located in Central Texas, Austin is the fourth largest city in Texas and the 16th largest in the United States. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Area and is among the fastest growing cities in the U.S.

Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World

Once known mostly for country and blues music, today Austin’s music scene is as diverse as its growing population. For over 30 years, Austin City Limits has presented live music to audiences across the world. The program is taped live by PBS member KLRU on campus of the University of Texas at Austin.

The show inspired Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin. “The Live Music Capital of the World” is also host of South by Southwest (SXSW). It is one of the largest music festivals in the United States and is centered around the downtown Austin Convention Center.

A City on the Water

If you are planning on spending some time in Austin, make sure you visit Town Lake Metropolitan Park. With over 10 miles of hiking and biking trails, it is the focus of outdoor activity in downtown Austin. After you enjoy some of the great hiking and biking trails, sit back and relax at Chuy’s for Mexican food or Shady Grove for food and music on the patio.

In addition to the many restaurants, bars, coffee shops and boutiques, some of downtown Austin’s other popular attractions for you to enjoy include 6th Street, Congress Avenue Bridge Bats, Austin Children’s Museum, Austin Museum of Art, Texas State Capitol, and Barton Springs.

A City for Moviemakers

You might be surprised to know that for the past seven years, MovieMaker Magazine has named Austin among the top moviemaking cities in the country. In 2004, the Capital City topped the list of “Top 10 Cities for Moviemakers” and took the #3 spot this year, just behind New York City and Philadelphia.

Austin TX Homes for Sale Market Summary, Updated Monthly

In June 2008, there were 594 home sales in Central Austin with the highest price home selling for $4,350,000 and the lowest price home selling for $56,000. A decrease from June 2007 when home sales reached 937.

At $251,750 the median price for Central Austin single family homes marked an increase from June 2007 when it was $230,000. Homes remained on the market for an average of 48 days in June 2008, an increase from the average of 35 days just one year ago. Compared to last year, the average sales price to list price ratio decreased from 99% to 97%.

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